Comments on: Apple Will Soon Face Two Big Challenges

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:00:33 +0000

“Endusers care about apps way more than they do about hardware”

Source please?

By: Kimbie

Kimbie — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:32:43 +0000

Step 1. Do elementary research; discover that the 8GB iPhone 3GS is free.
Step 2: Don’t write article and look foolish.
There are also a few interim steps, including a. Android is for engineers, not for new-to-smartphone folks (who would be wowed by a 3GS); and b. Yes, actually you *can* always count Microsoft out.

By: Jack Campbell

Jack Campbell — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:08:09 +0000

The absolute cost of a technology product such as a smartphone or PC has plummeted over the past generation. In the 1980′s, annual family income was around $20,000, and a personal computer system cost about $3000, representing around 15% of total annual family income. Today, with family income pushing $50K (USA) and PC prices running around $500 to $1000, the cost represents around 1% to 2% of annual income. The difference between a “free” smartphone and one costing $199 at retail is an insignificant value to the vast majority of buyers — even those experiencing some financial difficulty.

This is one of the keys to Steve Jobs’ understanding of the modern technology market: price has become a very minor consideration. As a percentage of income the difference between a crappy tech product or a top of the line tech product has been reduced to a trivial consideration by all but the most egregiously impoverished, or the most anally price-focused. This is why tech geeks persist in the claims of Apple products being “expensive,” but the broad general marketplace saying otherwise.

Today, none of these tech products are “expensive” — certainly including Apple’s computers and phones — in terms of percentage of disposable real income.

In a nutshell: If you are one of those anally predisposed to fuss about a few dollars difference in price between tech products, you do not represent the marketplace at large — at all. Real consumers don’t care about these tiny differences, and are selecting the nicer products, in droves.

By: Tim McGreger

Tim McGreger — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:57:09 +0000

Also, starting next Friday, there will be an iPhone that is free with a contract, the iPhone 3GS, which is still a better phone than a lot of those wannabes.

By: steve gaines

steve gaines — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:42:12 +0000

No company can compete with APPLE! APPLE has something that the other companies don’t have and that is INNOVATION!

By: victor c

victor c — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:55:03 +0000

I dont see the point in buying anything Apple has. You can get a Droid or Windows phone at 1/3 the price and it will do more and last longer.. Have you googled broken iphone lately…..